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* --. seS. " D" S~ O"* - Volume III
F. NSIGN HARR TRANSFERRED
Saturday morning Ensign J. B. Ban
waR detached from the HOUSTON
and ' waR ordered to the U. S. S. EVANS
for duty. Since coming to the HOU­STON
some seventeen mont1' u; ;> f" o
Mr. Barr has been in sucession: .\ s ~
siRtant Navigator, " M" DiviRion J. O.,
" B" Division Officer and " R" Division
Officer. The " BLUE BONNET" takes
this opportunity to wish Ensign Barr
the best of luck in his new assignment ·
• I •
RACHELOR OFFICERS
. ENTERTAll'
Thurl< day afternoon from five thirty
until RCYt. m the Wardroom Bachelor
OfficerR entertained the married of­ficerR
and their families at a cock­tail
party at the Mare Island Golf
Club. Everyone but the duty section
attended and from all reports the
party waR a huge success.
.... a
VS - lOS
HOUSTON
Our efficient flight unit are soon
to assume their Rhipboard Rtatus, after
a period of extensive training at the
I<' leet Air Base. San Diego, Calif.
They are to complete their bambing­f'Xercilles
on 2-: 3 March aboard the
ASTORIA aTI' 1 CHICAGO upon com­pletion
they will return to the Fleet
Air Base anrl make the neceR-; ary pre­paration
for return to the HOUSTON
on 7 March 1936.
\ Ve are advised they are returning­with
four O~ U- 1'.. , a new type of • avy
plane.
The Blue Bonnet wishes them a
happy landing on their return.
Mare Island, Calif., February 29, 1936
IN MEMORAIM
~
Saturday, February 22, the Navy
and country as a whole lost a good
friend and citizen with the death
of the Assistant Secretary of the
Na" J, Henry Latrobe RooRevelt.
Colonel Roosevelt devoted his lifE
to the service of his country. Hi~ i §
career started in 1889 when at the a
a; e of 17 he graduated from theI
Na" al Academy and was commis- ~
sioned a second Lieutenant in the I
' Iarine Corps. From then until 1920 I
he served with distinction as a ~
commiRsioned officer in the Corps I
when he resi~ ned as a lieutenant I
: olooel to take a position with a
civilian company. In 1933 he was
~ ppointed Asst. Sec. of the Navy
which position he held until his
death. It is with deepest regret
that we hear of the passing of a
man who had the interest of the
Navy and Country so close to his
heart.
In memory of this man all salu- ~
ting- ships and stations fired a 171
g- un salute on Monday and another!! i!!
17 gun salute on Tuesday, the day I
of his internment in Arliington!
Cemetery and all Officers of the;
. ' IV)' and Marine Corps will wear I
mournin~ badges until sunset of!
thc seventh of March. ~
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OFFICER PERSONNEL
W{ Icome back- 2nd. Lt. H. n. Cain,
USMC, n> centIy returned from tem­poral'y
' luty on board the USS UTAH
in connection with the Fleet Machine
Gun School.
Numbcr IX
NEWS OF EX- HOUSTON OFFICERS
Word was recently received that a
nine pound boy had been born to Mrs.
? uff. Mr. Duff, who before I'esign­mg
from the Navy a little over a year
ago, was the " M" Division Officer
on the HOUSTON. At the present
time he is working for an oil company
in Fort Worth, Texas and reports
that he is getting along very well.
* * • • • • • •
On the thirteenth of Jan., Lt. ( jg)
D. K. McLeod, was married to Miss
Ruth S. Piiel at Yuma Arizona. Mr.
McLeod, then Ensign McLeod, was
during the spring and summer of 1934
Ship's Secretary and Communication
Watch Officer on the HOUSTON
'" * * * • * * *
It has been rumored that Mrs.
Stephens, wife of Lt. ( jg) F. B. Ste­phens
is expecting a " blessed event"
in the very near future. Before being
transferred to the ARTIC, Lt. ( jg)
Stephens was the ship's Communi­cation
Officer.
* * * * * * * *
According to reports received from
Pensacola, Ensigns H. L. Leon and S.
JU1' ika are getting along very well
with their flight training and both
expect to get their " wings" this com­ing
summer. Lt. ( jg) Miller, ex- Hou­ston
aviator who is now an instructor
at Pensacola, has added a member to
hia family since he has been in
Florida.
* • * • • • • •
Lt ( jg) Hines, another ex- Houston
aviator, who left the HOUSTON to
go to Honolulu now has orders to the
Post Graduate School in Annapolis
Md. '
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